Information Technology Curriculum
Total credits for degree: 120
This four year program starts in the fall semester of the student's first year and is planned to end in the summer semester of the student's fourth year. Each course is worth 4 credits, with the exception of co-ops (0 credits). The courses are as follows:
Fall | Spring | Summer | |
Freshman | Introduction to Networks | Infrastructure Design | |
Computer Science I | Computer Science II | ||
English I | English II | ||
Statistics & Applications | Discrete Math | ||
Sophomore | IT Architecture | Fundamentals of Information Management | Optional COOP |
Security Principles | Wireless Networks | ||
General Elective | Web Development | ||
HUSS - Ethics | Science Elective | ||
Junior | System Analysis & Design | Required COOP 1 | IT Software Development & Management |
Concentration (1) | Enterprise System Design | ||
Concentration (2) | COMP Elective | ||
HUSS - Social Science | Concentration (3) | ||
Senior | Required COOP 2 | IT Project Management | Senior Project |
Concentration (4) | COMP Elective | ||
HUSS - Humanities | Concentration (5) |
ENGL/HSS Note
Students are required to complete:
- At least one course in Humanities
- At least one course in the Social Sciences
- The remaining course from either the Humanities or Social Sciences category.
Students with a three English course sequence may use the third English course to satisfy a Humanities requirement.
A minimum of 20 credits total, including English, humanities, and social science credit, is required to complete the humanities and social sciences graduation requirement.
Concentrations
Each Information Technology student must choose one 5-course concentration. These options include:
Network Infrastructure Concentration | Health Informatics Concentration |
(1) Network Administration | (1) Introduction to Health Informatics |
(2) System Administration | (2) Information Management |
(3) Network Security | (3) Mobile Health |
(4) Computer Security | (4) Data Analytics |
(5) Network Management & Design | (5) Healthcare Integration |
Information Technology Concentration | IT Project Management Concentration |
(1) Network Administration | (1) Communication Elective |
(2) System Administration | (2) Secure IT Management |
(3) Data Science Fundamentals | (3) IT Economics |
(4) Information Management | (4) Quality Management of IT Systems |
(5) Mobile App Development | (5) Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, or advanced ITPM-related course |
This curriculum is pending the approval of the Board of Trustees.